The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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"Thank you, master. The master will go on his own, and I need to take care of you." Ye Lidulan's soft and charming voice came.

"Amitabha, what orders does the Empress have, but please order someone to come and give orders, I will leave!" The accompanying old monk bowed and retreated with the Buddha's name.

"You stay in the courtyard, don't bother me unless I order you." Ye Lidulan ordered lightly.

The accompanying ladies and eunuchs agreed in unison, and after hearing the sound of the door of the quiet room being pulled, everything returned to calm soon. [

Su Jin and Ye Li Duanyun looked at each other, Ye Li Duanyun pointed at the half-person tall, and made a gesture of climbing out, Su Jin nodded, grabbed her small waist, and tiptoed forward, Stretching out his hand to prop the edges apart, he leaped forward on the platform with his hands, and landed lightly on the grass behind the house.

Not to be outdone, Yeli Duanyun jumped out like Su Jin with her mouth puffed out. As expected of a woman who grew up on horseback, her figure was as light as a man's, and she landed beside Su Jin without making a sound.

Su Jin stretched out his thumb and shook it to show his approval, Yeli Duanyun smiled triumphantly, and took Su Jin's hand, the two of them walked slowly along the grass behind the meditation room, Yeli Duanyun walked and counted the households, When counting to the fifth room, he stopped, pointed to the closed door and whispered in Su Jin's ear, "This is it."

Su Jin looked around, the trees in the meditation room in the backyard were silent, and no one was walking around patrolling, so he straightened up and stretched out his hand to knock three times on the tightly closed door; after a while, the door opened gently , Ye Lidulan's glamorous face was revealed, and he said softly: "Is it Duanyun?"

The two appeared from a blind spot, and Yeli Duanyun said softly, "Auntie, it's us."

Ye Lidulan opened her lips and said, "Come in and talk."

The two climbed into the quiet room, Ye Lidulan closed the door with his backhand, inserted the wooden peg, and turned around.

Su Jin bowed his hands and said: "Su Jin has met the empress."

Ye Lidulan looked Su Jin up and down, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Master Su, don't be ill, look at this look, you are living a comfortable life, um... you have a beard, and you look a bit manly. "

Su Jin smiled and said: "That's natural. I've reached the age of weak crown, how can I be as white as before, but the empress seems to have changed a lot."

Ye Lidulan was startled, stretched out his hand to caress the temples of his face and said, "Is this palace getting old? It's been a few years in a flash, time makes people old."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, I mean Your Majesty is younger than when we met three years ago, what method does Your Majesty use to keep youth forever, I would like to ask for advice and take it home to teach my wives and concubines at home. "

Ye Lidulan chuckled, raised his eyebrows and said slightly annoyed: "Master Su is becoming more and more able to speak, you have deceived so many women with this ability, right?"

Su Jin was taken aback by Ye Lidulan's slight anger and flattery, she really is a stunner in the world, a half-aged mistress in her 40s, who can still fascinate people, she deserves to occupy the head of the Western Xia harem After so many years in the position; Su Jin hastened to remind herself that this is Ah Li's mother, and she can be regarded as the future mother-in-law, so don't make any wrong decisions.

"Is Su Jin the kind of person in your heart? I don't rely on sweet words, but my sincerity. Otherwise, how could I come to Xingqing Mansion? Do you think I'm here to visit the mountains and rivers?"

"Oh? Duanyun didn't tell me why you came here. I don't know why you came here. Don't you know that your name is taboo in Daxia? If people know that you came to Xingqing Mansion , it is estimated that the whole city will dig three feet to arrest you, and after catching you, you will be stripped of skin, cramps, bones and ashes."

Su Jin chuckled and said, "When my lady said this, my little heart was jumping wildly, and I was really a little scared. But it's all here, just let fate, not to mention that there is a lady here, I will definitely not just sit idly by."

Ye Lidulan smiled and said, "Tell me, why are you here?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "Come here for your love."

Ye Lidulan's face was startled, and his tone turned cold: "I already know about the matter between you and Ari, it's just the ignorance between you young people, now Ari is about to marry and marry in Liao Kingdom, we I advise you not to provoke her, lest you get into trouble."

Su Jin was stunned and said: "Could it be that the empress agrees? The person Ahri wants to marry is an idiot and a fool."

Ye Lidulan said indifferently: "I only know that Ah Li's future husband is King Jinghai of the Liao Kingdom, the biological son of the Liao Kingdom's emperor. Besides, the marriage strategy is beneficial to Da Xia, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Ye Li Duanyun said in astonishment: "Auntie, why did you suddenly agree? Didn't you still beg for Ari before? That person is a fool and idiot, what will Ari do with his life?",

"Shut up! As a royal woman, everything about her no longer belongs to me. It is Ahri's honor to do her part for Daxia, and Daxia will be grateful to her. What's wrong with that? As for marrying To whom, what difference does it make? The important thing is that it makes sense to marry. "

Su Jin frowned and said, "Your Majesty, what you mean is that it's fine for Ah Li to marry a pig or dog, as long as it's good for Da Xia?"

Ye Lidulan said coldly: "The others are not pigs or dogs, they are King Jinghai of Daliao Kingdom."

Su Jin said angrily: "That's an idiot? There's also Yangjiaofeng, maybe they won't live for three to five years, don't you think about Ari? You are her mother, you have the heart to see Ari suffer forever?"

Ye Lidulan said coldly: "Hugh is presumptuous, when is it your turn to make irresponsible remarks, who are you?"

Su Jin smiled, took a sip of the teacup on the case and said: "I understand, the empress is trying to earn some capital for herself, and your daughter's marriage will make your position as a mother more stable. Whatever you think, you have to take Ahli's face into consideration."

"Hugh is nonsense, this is the emperor's decision, who can change it?" Ye Lidulan's face was distorted, and the beautiful face looked slightly ferocious.

"Isn't it? Ari's status determines the level of marriage. If Li Yuanhao wants to abolish you, it will be tantamount to lowering Ari's status. The daughter of the abolished queen will be disrespected by the Liao people, but they will think that Xia Guo is not sincere enough ;So Li Yuanhao will never abolish you, at least he won't touch you until your Xia Kingdom recovers, am I right?"

"Shut up, I advise you to leave this place quickly. There is absolutely no possibility of a relationship between you and Ari. Back then, I noticed the signs, so I should have stopped it vigorously. You deceived Ari and stole her heart, and you dared to come here openly." Speaking of this matter, is it the best result for Ari to be a concubine with you? I, the dignified princess of Daxia, became a concubine with you, a courtier of the Song Dynasty, and fought with your wives and concubines every day. This is her best result. Home? What a big joke."

Su Jin was furious, and slammed the table, making a loud bang, and the eunuchs and maids on duty outside rushed to the door, but did not dare to enter without being summoned, so they had to ask across the door: "Empress, the housekeeper?" What's wrong here?"

Ye Lidulan glared at Su Jin, and Su Jin looked at her without hesitation, with a look of fear, Ye Lidulan shouted: "Go away, it's just that the tea cup was overturned, it's all for me The palace rolled far away."

Everyone hurriedly backed away and stood there hiding far away, not knowing why the empress was so angry.

Su Jin said softly: "Empress, I won't argue with you, you can't make a decision for Ahri on this matter, and I won't force her to marry me, everything is decided by Ahri, and her own wishes are the most important; The purpose of my coming here is to rescue Ari, and I must not let this marriage ruin his life; if you can help me accomplish this, I promise you, expand the types and quantities of trade with you, and let you go wild The Li tribe can better control the situation and keep your position more stable, how about it?"

Yeli Duanyun also begged: "Auntie, you must think about Ari, Ari is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, the last time Duanyun saw her, she cried and said she would never marry that Liao country idiot, if you really can't escape, you will die, you are forcing her to die again."

Ye Lidulan's brows trembled, and she reprimanded: "You are also messing around, don't you think that my aunt doesn't know about you and Su Jin, what's so good about this person, as nobles of my great summer, you all willingly throw yourself into your arms Bao, are you willing to be his concubine?"

Ye Li Duanyun blushed and said: "Auntie, I love him, and the fact that he came to Xingqing Mansion to save Ari is enough to show that he is not a hypocrite, easy to ask for a price, rare to have Lover, it is not easy to meet someone you love in this life, no matter what you say, I will not be shaken; my niece will take the liberty to ask you, you are married to the emperor, but have you ever loved the emperor in your life? One day? How did the emperor really love you for a day? Not only that, but you and the emperor are wary of each other and live in fear every day. Are you happy in such a day?"

Ye Li Dulan's lips trembled, his eyes were foggy, he pointed at Ye Li Duanyun and cursed: "You are so bold to talk to me like this."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "You kill me, I don't want to live anymore, kill me, I can go down to accompany the two uncles, the emperor is cruel, you forget the enmity between the two uncles, but I have not; since If I can’t avenge myself, I’ll go down and ask them personally.”[

As if struck by lightning, Ye Lidulan burst into tears, slumped down on the futon, clutching the clothes on his chest with both hands, his face turned from red to pale, and fell to the ground with a 'gudong'.